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Saving the New Forest: NFA The First 150 Years
To celebrate our 150th anniversary we published a book setting out our history and events in the New Forest during our first 150 years.

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INTERIM VERGE WATCH REPORT 2026 by Jo Ivey, Council Member and Sarah Nield, Chair
Recreation Committee

August 10th, 2026

Read below or download the document here 1. INTRODUCTION The New Forest roadside verges are a rich habitat despite their low-key appearance. Just how rich is bring discovered by on...
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Thursday 20th August 2026

Visit to Needs Ore Nature Reserve on 20th August 2026
Given the popularity of our Needs Ore visit last year we are grateful to the Beaulieu estate for giving us permission to visit Needs Ore again. Needs Ore is a nature reserve at the...

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Final Report on Recreational Mitigation in the New Forest By Sarah Nield

July 14th, 2026

Recreational Mitigation Partnerships have emerged as an eAicient and eAective means by which a group of local planning authorities, who are all within the zone of influence of a pr...

NFA Response to NPA: Proposed highway improvements on the A326 between and including the junctions with Michigan Way in west Totton and Main Road at Dibden

July 3rd, 2026

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NFA Response to HCC: Proposed highway improvements on the A326 between and including the junctions with Michigan Way in west Totton and Main Road at Dibden

July 3rd, 2026

NFA response here

Annual Report Archive: 2007 to 2025

July 1st, 2026

Below is a list to all our Annual Reports from 2007.

Letter to Dame Angela Eagle: Common Land and Commoners excluded from ELM Schemes

April 15th, 2026

The New Forest Association is a conservation charity formed in 1867 with the purpose of protecting and conserving the New Forest – the legal title to which you hold on behalf of th...

Response to Regulation 18 Local Plan 2025 -2043 consultation FINAL

March 19th, 2026

NFA response here

The potential impact of Beavers within the rare wetland habitats of the New Forest

August 30th, 2025

A literature review undertaken by Sasha Oubykine as part of an internship with ourselves and the Wildlife Trust.

BCP Local Plan and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) 2028 -2043: Response to Scoping Consultation (closing date 27-07-26)

August 14th, 2025

NFA response here

Letter to Mary Creagh, Minister for Protected Landscapes

July 6th, 2025

Dear Mary Creagh, We support many of the reform proposals recommended by the Landscapes Review headed by Julian Glover (commonly known as the Glover Review). We agree that governan...

Commoners’ back-up grazing in the New Forest: Extent and Distribution by Jo Ivey, May 2025

May 30th, 2025

The commoning system of the New Forest underpins the area’s ecosystem. The grazing and browsing of depastured livestock maintain the wide variety of heath, bog and woodland that c...

Letter to MP Julian Lewis: Planning and Infrastructure Bill

May 12th, 2025

I am writing to you as Chair of the New Forest Association (NFA) asking that you help protect the New Forest National Park for the future as the Planning and Infrastructure Bill pa...